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From Firefox to Fennec: Mozilla Has Surprises In Store

Yesterday, on WebWorkerDaily, I noted in a post that the first extension has been created for Mozilla's Fennec mobile browser (Fennec means small fox). Mozilla quietly reported this news in a blog post. With this in mind, and for several other reasons, I think many people are underestimating the impact Fennec will have as a mobile browser. Here is why.


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Mozilla Launches New Developer Tools Lab

Mozilla has just announced its Developer Tools Lab--headed up by a new group that will focus on the research and development of developer tools for the open web. According to Mozilla officials, the primary initiative of the newly formed squad is to create Web development tools that make life better for Web developers, increase developer productivity, enable compelling user experiences, and promote the use of open standards. Here's more on what to expect.


Is Mozilla's Fennec Mobile Browser Upon Us?

Is Mozilla's upcoming mobile browser, dubbed Fennec (it means small fox), more imminent than we think? That appears to be the case, as JKOnTheRun is taking note of. It seems Mozilla's CEO John Lilly has told Linux Insider that alpha versions of Fennec are only weeks away. This could be a major development for mobile devices based on open source platforms--and not just handsets.


How Will Mozilla's Fennec Mobile Browser Look and Feel?

As we wrote about the other day, Mozilla has reached a sixth developer milestone for its Fennec browser--intended for mobile handsets and platforms. Fennec (the word means small fox ) is a very critical browser in Mozilla's overall strategy, and we've written about why before. It's slated to be available for the upcoming wave of Linux- and Android-based mobile handsets due out later this year, where it could be a key open source application for them. As part of its concept series of videos and screencasts, there is a screencast illustrating how some of the user interface for Fennec may work in the final version. Here's what it looks like.


Mozilla Delays Firefox 3.1 Beta, Announces Other Browser Updates

Mozilla has a whole roster of news headlines related to its browsers out today. In its about:Mozilla newsletter, the company has announced that a new version of the Camino browser is available (it's developed by the Camino Project, but is based on Mozilla's Gecko layout engine). Many Mac users love Camino for its lickety-split performance. Mozilla has also confirmed that a sixth milestone version of its upcoming mobile browser, dubbed Fennec, is out. And, as ZDNet reports, the beta of the next version of Firefox--version 3.1--has been delayed from August 19th until September 9th. Here are the details.


GigaOm: Will Firefox Mobile Make It in Time?

You may have seen our recent coverage of Mozilla's work on a new mobile browser, dubbed Fennec.? It has tremendous promise, in some people's eyes, as a svelte browser that can deliver a Firefox-like experience on upcoming Android- and Linux-based phones. Over on our sister site, GigaOm, Stacey Higginbotham has an interesting rebuttal, though: She says it may be too late for Mozilla. She argues that Webkit-based browsers are farther along, and points to the success of Opera Mini as a mobile browser. Check it out.


GigaOm: Video Interview with Mozilla CEO John Lilly

Over on our sister site GigaOm.com, you can find an in-depth video interview with John Lilly, the newly appointed CEO of Mozilla. Mozilla, of course, has been much in the news lately. See our review of Release Candidate 1 for version 3 of the Firefox browser, which was just released, as well as Mozilla's confirmation of an upcoming mobile open source browser, dubbed Fennec. The GigaOm interview includes discussion of Mozilla's late entry into mobile platforms, June is confirmed as the final ship date for the official version 3 of Firefox, and Lilly even takes a swipe at the iPhone. There's much more. Check it out.


MIT Students Impress Google with Android Apps

The Associated Press has an interesting story out today about a group of MIT students who set out to show the power of open cell phone systems. MIT professor Hal Abelson challenged them to design an application for cell phones based on Android, Google's upcoming Linux-based mobile operating system. According to the AP story: In the process, they revealed the power of an open system like Android to shake up the mobile phone industry, where wireless companies are being pressured to loosen the control they have maintained over what devices do. Is there something to this?

 



JavaFX: A Bright Future on Open Source-Based Mobile Devices?

Sun Microsystems is out with an answer to Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight Rich Internet Application tools: JavaFX. At the JavaOne show in San Francisco today, Sun's head of software, Rich Green, discussed what to expect from the new offering. Green claims JavaFX will arrive on 91 percent of desktops, 85 percent of cell phones, and 100 percent of Blu-ray players--no small claims. While I'm not positive it will have that bright a future on so many platforms, Green showed JavaFX running on Google's Android mobile platform, which is Linux-based. Here, there could be promise.



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